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When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Buddy Guy [Guy, Buddy]

Wasn’t too proud, though, to double-up my work. I needed money and wasn’t afraid to go after it. When Elmore James, for example, told me I could make good money ...
( Category: Blues June 2,2015 )
Brecht, Music and Culture: Hanns Eisler in Conversation with Hans Bunge by Hans Bunge & Hanns Eisler
azw3 |eng | 2014-10-22 | Author:Hans Bunge & Hanns Eisler

Conversation 7 22 August 1961 ‘Hotel Room 1942’ – Hölderlin What have you chosen to sing or play? Your advice was very good. I will try to play a song ...
( Category: History & Criticism June 2,2015 )
Elvis and the Memphis Mafia by Nash Alanna
epub |eng | 2005-08-31 | Author:Nash, Alanna

CHAPTER 35 “RIDE ’EM, COWBOY!” In the midst of the squabble about Bernie Grenadier’s bills and the pressure to marry Priscilla, Elvis found respite on 150 rolling acres of land ...
( Category: Rock June 2,2015 )
It's a Long Story by Willie Nelson
epub |eng | 2015-05-04 | Author:Willie Nelson

Even though the title—“What Can You Do to Me Now?”—seemed to invite trouble, the story was really about getting strong in the face of adversity. Like almost all my songs, ...
( Category: Country May 27,2015 )
Cat Power by Elizabeth Goodman
epub |eng | 2009-05-26 | Author:Elizabeth Goodman [Goodman, Elizabeth]

In this same piece, Chan goes on to describe the two sides of herself as represented in “Nude as the News.” One side is weak and the other is strong. ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians May 27,2015 )
Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs (Backlist eBook Program) by Barry Dave
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2012-11-06 | Author:Barry, Dave [Barry, Dave]

Weenie Music “I write the songs that make the whole world nauseous” What, exactly, do I mean by the term weenie music? I mean “The kind of sniveling, pouty, hypersensitive, ...
( Category: Essays May 27,2015 )
The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin
epub, pdf |eng | 2009-03-21 | Author:Eric Siblin

SUITE NO. 5 C minor PRELUDE One feels a colossus in chains, a giant endeavouring to adjust his powers to the limitations of his medium of expression. LEOPOLD GODOWSKY THE ...
( Category: Strings May 27,2015 )
Onstage Offstage by Michael Buble
epub |eng | | Author:Michael Buble

Don't Take Away Their Dignity Some time after I’d made my second album, I was on a flight with my tour manager, Chris Chappel. We were seated in first class, ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians May 27,2015 )
Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman
epub |eng | 2015-03-13 | Author:Walt Whitman

Bivouac on a mountain side I see before me now, a traveling army halting; Below, a fertile valley spread, with barns, and the orchards of summer; Behind, the terraced sides ...
( Category: United States May 27,2015 )
Waiting for Kate Bush by John Mendelssohn
epub |eng | 2004-05-26 | Author:John Mendelssohn [Mendelssohn, John]

15 Something Very Big Indeed I TOOK the bus to the next Overeaters meeting. It was the driver’s job to worry about the possible consequences of someone my size sitting ...
( Category: Rock May 27,2015 )
Sinner's Creed by Scott Stapp
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-10-02 | Author:Scott Stapp [Stapp, Scott]

We went on to tour the world and found armies of fans in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Tokyo, and Sydney. It was hard to believe that this was happening to a ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians May 26,2015 )
You Don't Cry Out Loud: The Lily Isaacs Story by Lily Isaacs
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-24 | Author:Lily Isaacs [Isaacs, Lily]

Dad's Buchenwald Concentration Camp release papers, 1945. In Poland, pre-World War II. Left to right: Mom, Mendel, my Grandmother Lea, and Aunt Zlotta. Mom pregnant with me, 1947. Aunt Esther, ...
( Category: Composers & Musicians May 26,2015 )
Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson
epub |eng | 2008-07-31 | Author:Blair Jackson [Jackson, Blair]

CHAPTER 14 Beneath the Sweet Calm Face of the Sea erry and Mountain Girl’s second baby girl, Theresa (aka Trixie), was born in September 1974 while the Grateful Dead were ...
( Category: Rock May 25,2015 )
The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus
mobi, azw3 |eng | 2001-01-01 | Author:Greil Marcus [Marcus, Greil]

—while some words, seemingly harmless, dive right out of the song. One could speak of Boggs accompanying himself on his banjo, but that’s not how it feels. The banjo creates ...
( Category: Rock May 25,2015 )
X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Ray Davies
mobi |eng | 1994-01-01 | Author:Ray Davies [Davies, Ray]

12 Complicated life Raymond Douglas sat back in his chair and he disappeared into the shadows. 'I want to stop now.' His voice tapered away and he sounded very old ...
( Category: Rock May 25,2015 )

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